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How did demons get so evil?
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The explanation from the book of Enoch:
Giants from Gen 6 were children of Watchers - a race of powerful spiritual beings - and of human females.
The giants were destroyed by the flood, but because they were immortal after their fathers, they only lost their bodies and wandered the earth to find another body to live in.
The "classic" mainstream explanation in traditional Christianity:
Demons are fallen angels who followed Lucifer in his rebellion against God.
I do not think this gives any reasons why demons tried to live in people, maybe just some general "because they want to harm them".
If the book of Enoch was not lost for millenias, then maybe the church would not invent this second explanation.
The "modern", more allegorical explanation:
Demons are just personifications of mental/physiological problems and satan is a personification of our personal evil inclinations and temptations.
Giants from Gen 6 were children of Watchers - a race of powerful spiritual beings - and of human females.
The giants were destroyed by the flood, but because they were immortal after their fathers, they only lost their bodies and wandered the earth to find another body to live in.
The "classic" mainstream explanation in traditional Christianity:
Demons are fallen angels who followed Lucifer in his rebellion against God.
I do not think this gives any reasons why demons tried to live in people, maybe just some general "because they want to harm them".
If the book of Enoch was not lost for millenias, then maybe the church would not invent this second explanation.
The "modern", more allegorical explanation:
Demons are just personifications of mental/physiological problems and satan is a personification of our personal evil inclinations and temptations.
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Evil= that which lacks good. They lack good. Nada. Zilch.
They hate God and His image. They hate us and the more we conform to Christ the more they hate us. Because they hate God. Everything they do emerges from a desire to hurt God and his plan. We aren't the object of their hate. We are the reason for it.
They hate God and His image. They hate us and the more we conform to Christ the more they hate us. Because they hate God. Everything they do emerges from a desire to hurt God and his plan. We aren't the object of their hate. We are the reason for it.
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Because their purpose is to serve human life. The plan is for man to become like God. That's their deepest desire to be worshipped. Michael the archangel's name means' who is like God'. Who he is rebukes Satan.
They hate God because they have no place in heaven and now their ' time' is short. An eternal being bound by time. Thrown down to earth.
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Where do you get your info that demons hate God or us from?
Bible describes a diferent image of demons - they feared God, they feared judgement and Jesus even demonstrated a pity over them, allowing them to enter at least into animals.
Seems more as a desperation than hatred, from their side. Like a drug addicted does evil things because he "has to".
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That's a different kind of fear. The fear of God is a command to humans to revere God and treat him with respect. It's not meant to superceded Love to God. We are commanded to Love God more than fear Him.
You can't love what you intensely fear. The 10 commandments were not written for demons.
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I am afraid we have no evidence of the psychology of demons.
But regarding people, I have seen some fearing to be cast into hell, but still having no distinctive hatred for God, from their side.
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The kind of fear God wants us to have towards Him is not a cringing, anxiety ridden fear (the opposite of Love) which the demons have because they are doomed, but a reverence and awe of His majesty. One simply cannot love what they intensely fear.
Seen this where? On TV?
Seen this where? On TV?
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That's a child like love for God.
Human hate for God I've seen. If devotion is united to expectation God is hated for not meeting it. By that time they feel they wasted most or all of their life on God for nothing.
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I do not think there is a causality that when you fear something, you must also hate it.
Do you have a verse saying that demons hate God or hate people? At least one.
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I misunderstood the last time I replied to your post.
Some one you look up to. Someone you look up to and don't want to disappoint. The higher you look the greater your fear of disappointing them. Fear of God.
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Perfect love casts out fear. Whoever fears hasn't been made perfect in love.
Can it just be a given that demons do hate God?
Can it just be a given that demons do hate God?
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